Soolking

Abderraouf Derradji Arabic عبد الرؤوف دراجي born 10 December 1989 known professionally as Soolking is an Algerian singer and rapper He started his career under the pseudonym MC Sool until 2013 before adopting his new stage name He incorporates reggae soul hiphop and Algerian raï in his music Derradji was born in Algeria in a northern suburb of the capital Algiers also known as Staouali His father was a percussionist and he started very young in a rock band that incorporated music and dance He arrived in France in 2008 but returned to Algeria to join the Algerian rap group Africa Jungle The band released two albums He started his solo career in 2016 and is signed to the label Affranchis Music launched by Sofiane He had initial success with Milano and Guérilla before achieving phenomenal success with Dalida an homage to the singer Dalida sampling her hit Paroles paroles On November 2 2018 Soolking released his debut solo album Fruit du démon which was certified Gold in France The singles Guérilla and Dalida were certified PlatinumHe released his second studio album Vintage in 2020 On 26 May 2022 he released Sans visa his third album On August 23 2019 Soolking held a large concert at Stade 20 Août 1955 accompanied by LAlgérino Fianso Alonzo and Dhurata Dora During the entrance to the stadium five people died due to the stampede Soolking said after the concert that if he had known what happened he would have cancelled the concert One of the reasons for the accident was that more tickets were sold than the stadiums capacity could accommodate Source Article Soolking from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30